|
The phenomenon seems most prevalent in species whose final instar larvae have few (or no) hairs and a pale ground colour, so I suspect it's seen in some moth larvae too, but I don't think you'd see it in a Glanville Fritillary larva for these reasons.MrSp0ck wrote:is this just for butterflies, or do moths eg Hawk Moth also show this. Although on the hairy larvae it would be very difficult to see. Im not sure if Glanville larvae do either will look later in the season.
I don't think so - the testes always 'show' on the 8th segment, whereas the diagnostics for sexing of pupae is based on the position of the genitalia at the end of the abdomen (see http://www.ukleps.org/sexingpupae.html).MrSp0ck wrote:Are the marks on the same segments on the male pupae as the last intar larvae ?
Thanks David. It does get a mention in the Purple Emperor description, but will probably become an article post-book!David M wrote:Fascinating stuff. I trust that this information will be included in your forthcoming work, Pete?
